Copy-holder.



No. 882,220. PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908. B. P. TRUAX.

COPY HOLDER.

- APPLIGATION FILED JAILZ. 1907.

' State of FICE.

BENJAMIN FpTRUAX, OF KEOSAUQUAT, IOWA. COPY-HOLDER.

Application filed January 2,

paper or note book,

through thesam'e-easil I time form a guideto indlcate the line fortheuser. i

To all-whom it concern: 1 l

Be it'known that I, BENJAMIN F: TRUAX, a citizen of the United States, residingat Keosauqua. in the county of Van Buren and Iowa, have invented a new and use ful Improvementin a' (op vl lolder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to copy holders'and more particularly to copy holders for typewriters, the object being to provide a copy holder which is very simple and cheap in 0011-" struction and one which can bereadilv ae tached to theordinarv typewriter.

. Another object (if my .inventionis to provide a holder so constructed that it will take a note boolcor a roll of paper an inch thick well as'a single sheet of paper.

"Another object of my invention is to provide means for adjusting: the supporting arms so that the holder can beadjusted to suit the user.

With these objects ineview, the invention consists in'the novel features'otconstruction, combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims. v In. the drawings forming a part. of this specification :'Figure l is a side View, of mv' improved copv holder showing it'at tached to" a typewriter. Fig. 2 is atront 'viewfo'f my improved cop holder detached. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the lines 3- 3 of Fig.2.

In the drawing A indicates an oblong l wooden base. on which is sec ured at one endbvscrmvs, the angled end B ofplates B, I which are provided .withopenings adjacenttlieir upper ends in whit-hare mounted shafts C,-'having knobs l) secured on their outer ends and sleeves E secured on their inner end provided with apertured flanges E between which is secured a roller F bv screws.

A l strip of felt A is secured to the under side of the base to prevent the base from scarring thetable. v l A. s ring curved plate G is secured to the i rear 0' the base A and extends forwardly up i under theroller, the curved end portion of which isadapted to bear against'the sheet of Specification of Letters Patent.

plate, said base being of tl connected to said Patented March '17, 1908'.

1907. Serial'No.350-, 610.

Apertures-A are t ormed in the :rear edge so that it-will be fed, and at the-same of the baseadjacent each end, in which' are secured the angle ends H, extend ng converging arms H which arosecured between the vertical portion 1 of the downwardly extending'di-verging arms I, by' a sleeve J and thumb-screws- Jso thatthearms 'can be adjusted so as to raise and lower the copy holder as I'are provided adapted to extend under-the framejofla type-writer machine, when the machine is used on a'table, as shown in'the diagram, it

of the downwardly desired'. The arms with angled lower ends 1 being understooil'that when-the machine, is

used on. a base, apertures are formed in the .same in which the angled lower Tends-of the forsupp'orting'the arms are adapted 'to' fit arms Having thus fullv described'my invention,

what I claim as new and Letters 'Patent is A 1. Ina copy holder, the combination with a base carrying a roller desire tosecure by provided with aper tures, of 'arms secured insaid apertures, arms secured to the baseof the machine, and sleeve surrounding the upper and lower ends 10 arms r e spectivel' v, provided with thumb-screw for clamping the arms, together for the'p'ur ose described;

r2 Ina copy ho der, the combination with abase rovidedwith spaced apertures in "its rear ((QQ, of plates secured on said base, shafts mounted in said plates pro\-'i(l'ed with' flanged ape-rtured ends, a roller secured between said'flanged sleeves, arms-provided with-angled ends arranged. in the a ertures of the base, and supportingarmsad ustablyarms, for "the purpose.

described I BENJAMIN F. THUAX. Vitnesses H. L. McGREw, E. H. RUBYv anda-spring bearing. 

